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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleuronaia

species Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840): synonymy
     6 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers

Unio maculatus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 30, pl. 4, fig. 4.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
(homonym of Unio (Elliptio) nigra var. maculata Rafinesque, 1820; renamed Pleurobema conradi Vanatta, 1915)

Pleurobema (s.s.) maculataSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) maculatumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema conradiVanatta (1915)
Lexingtonia dolabelloides conradiOrtmann (1918)
Lexingtonia conradiOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) validaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesBurch (1975)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 215 [53], pl. 15, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85828, Holston R., Tenn.

Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), ... Grobler et al. (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Manendo et al. (2008), Cummings & Graf (2010), Klymus et al. (2020)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloidesFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lexingtonia dollabelloides [sic]Zanatta & Murphy (2006)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), ... Inoue et al. (2018), Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lexingtonia dolabelloides dolabelloidesITIS (2012)

Unio mooresianus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 39 [43], pl. 14, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84695, Tuscumbia, Ala.

Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloidesFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio thorntonii Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 38 [42], pl. 14, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85829, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio thorntoniide Gregorio (1914)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloidesFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio mundus Reeve, 1864
‘Lea’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 16, sp. 72.
(misidentified reference to Unio mundus Lea, 1857)

Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloidesFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio circumactus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 192.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 15 [19], pl. 4, fig. 11.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85830, Holston R., E. Tenn.

Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloidesFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio recurvatus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 192.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 10 [14], pl. 2, fig. 6.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85800, Holston R., Tenn.

Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesOrtmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloidesFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio subglobatus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 191.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 7 [11], pl. 1, fig. 3.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85823, Florence, Ala.

Pleurobema (s.s.) subglobataSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1914)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio tornhatonii [sic] var. duckensis de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 50, pl. 11, figs. 2a-c.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio thorntonii Lea, 1857)

Unio thorntonii var. duckensisde Gregorio (1914)

Pleurobema conradi Vanatta, 1915
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 559.
(new name for Unio maculatus Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema conradiVanatta (1915)
Lexingtonia dolabelloides conradiOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ITIS (2012)
Lexingtonia conradiOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) validaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008)

Margaron (Unio) dollabelloides Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 35.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 56.
‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
‘Lea’ Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): 197 [as ‘Lexingtonia’].
(error for Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840)

Unio moorenianus Paetel, 1890
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 159.
(error for Unio mooresianus Lea, 1857)

Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)

Unio tornhatonii de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 50.
(error for Unio thorntonii Lea, 1857)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pleurobema (s.s.) maculataSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) dolabelloidesSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) subglobataSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) maculatumSimpson (1914)
Unio thorntoniide Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Unio thorntonii var. duckensisde Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema conradiVanatta (1915)
Lexingtonia dolabelloides conradiOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ITIS (2012)
Lexingtonia dolabelloidesOrtmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Stansbery (1970), ... Grobler et al. (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Manendo et al. (2008), Cummings & Graf (2010), Klymus et al. (2020)
Lexingtonia conradiOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) validaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) dolabelloidesFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lexingtonia dollabelloides [sic]Zanatta & Murphy (2006)
Pleuronaia dolabelloidesWilliams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), ... Inoue et al. (2018), Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lexingtonia dolabelloides dolabelloidesITIS (2012)

 
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